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Entries from Gothamist tagged with 'sentencing'

June 14, 2008

Some former lovers just can't help but leave an indelible impression on a guy, no matter how many years they've been broken up. A judge thought that 23-year-old Kristina Caban definitely should not have, when she kidnapped her ex- and marked him on his abdomen with a homemade branding iron at the Chelsea Inn. She was sentenced to five years in prison for the crime. In October 2006, Caban arranged to meet Samir Sara for......

Continue Reading "Scorned Woman is Sentenced for Branding Incident"

May 14, 2008

Today there's talk of the chaos that ensued after Remy Ma's sentencing yesterday. To recap, so far in this ongoing saga there's been an alleged theft, a shooting, a conviction, a Rikers Island almost-wedding, an attempted jail break, a sentencing...and finally, what is hopefully the last bit of drama: the courtroom outbursts. The NY Times reports that Remy's sentencing went from emotional to violent as the judge sentenced her to 8 years behind bars. Just......

Continue Reading "Remy Ma's Courtroom Drama"

April 8, 2008

Remy Ma, who is possibly more famous now for what landed her in jail than for her music, is still managing to make headlines from behind bars. A little first-degree assault and weapons charges aren't going to stand in the way of her dream wedding, to be held later this month on a little island off the coast of the Bronx. She and her beau, Brooklyn rapper Papoose, plan to get married on Rikers as......

Continue Reading "Remy Ma's Getting Hitched on Rikers"

March 29, 2008

After Remy Ma was found guilty earlier this week, she was carted off in handcuffs screaming, "Oh, my God! My son! My son!" If she receives the maximum sentence of 25 years, her son will be 33 by the time she's free again -- and she will be 51. The NY Post reports the convicted wasn't the only one causing a scene, one of her supporters was taken out of the courtroom after yelling "F*ck......

Continue Reading "Remy Ma Hopes Fan Mail Will Shorten Sentence"

March 27, 2008

Last year Grammy-nominated Bronx rapper Remy Ma got herself into some trouble when she allegedly shot a woman (Makeda Barnes-Joseph) who she thought stole $3,000 from her. This all occurred after the two, along with a large party, were enjoying a night at Pizza Bar in the Meatpacking District. Since then she's been in and out of Rikers, and has been slapped with a $20 million lawsuit by Barnes-Joseph...but her problems just got bigger. Earlier......

Continue Reading "Remy Ma Found Guilty, Faces 25 Years in Prison"

March 22, 2008

John White is free on bail after being convicted of manslaughter, and yesterday called for the arrest of the father of the 17-year-old Long Island man he killed. His son Aaron filed a complaint with police after Daniel Cicciaro Sr. seemed to threaten his life. White was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to two to four years for the death of Daniel Cicciaro Jr., who he shot in the head during an altercation in August......

Continue Reading "White and His Son Calls for Arrest of Victim's Father"

March 14, 2008

The construction worker who killed actress-director Adrienne Shelly in her West Village office was sentenced to 25 years in prison yesterday. Diego Pillco, an illegal immigrant from Ecuador, pleaded guilty last month, and yesterday, he faced her family's sadness and rage. Shelly's mother Elaine Langbaum mentioned her young granddaughter Sophie, "The baby [Shelly] wanted for so long will never know her mother. "She will never hold her mother's hand, kiss her mother's face or feel......

Continue Reading "Adrienne Shelly's Killer Sentenced to 25 Years"

January 4, 2008

Eugenio Cidron, the man who killed bicyclist Eric Ng in 2006 after driving drunk down the West Side bike path instead of the West Side Highway following a holiday party at Chelsea Piers, was sentenced yesterday to three to 10 years in prison. Cidron had driven over a plastic pylon to enter the path from Chelsea Piers and had been driving south for a mile before hitting Ng, who was traveling north. Cidron, who pleaded......

Continue Reading "Drunk Driver Who Fatally Hit Bicyclist Sentenced"

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